31 January 2006, 10:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 31 January 2006, 10:35 PM by Digital Dreamer.)
Maverick Wrote:I never watched Macross II, I read somewhere it was quite bad...I found it quite watchable provided that you are not watching the english dub.
Keep in mind that it is dated.
Macross II is not considered canon (and treated as a parallel universe story) by many Macross fans due to the absence of Studio Nue's input on this part of the Macross universe. Although Studio Nue originally created and developed Macross, Big West owned the rights because it was the financial backer. So it licensed and created Macross II without Studio Nue's consultation (thus the DVDs credit to Studio Nue simply for design inspiration and association).
So the original series creators, such as Shoji Kawamori, Kenichi Matsuzaki and Ichiroh Itano did not work on it.
I do remember reading an interview with Shoji Kawamori about the time that Macross Plus was coming out, and he had no idea that Macross II existed.
Maverick Wrote:too bad, I liked the Macross II valkyrie design :PI liked a lot of the mecha designs. My favorite was the Marduc Gilgamesh Mark II.
Please note the following.....
For those people that are thinking about purchasing Macross II from any of the western distributors (Kiseki or Manga Video), Macross II OVA and Macross II Movie are the same thing. The only difference between the 2 is that Manga video amalagmated all 6 episodes on 3 hour movie by chopping out the beginning and ending theme of episode. Manga video did this so they could make a quick buck along with the people that were purchasing Macross Plus the movie.
After all, the Macross Plus OVA and Movie are very different, and find that it's not a waste of money to have both editions. This is not the case with Macross II.
Come to think of it, I don't think you can purchase the seperate OVAs episodes any more.